All Opinion articles – Page 266
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OpinionRobots running law firms? Surely not
Forget ‘Tesco’ law and legal aid cuts – the real threat to the status quo for lawyers might be more futuristic.
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OpinionA new EU term begins
After the protracted handover of European commissions, there is much to keep lawyers occupied.
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Sticking to the protocol
There may be a remedy for unnecessary delays in the conveyancing process.
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OpinionIs the ‘rule of law’ oversold?
Are we not wrong to conflate compliance with high ethical standards?
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Right signals on justice
Reckless outsourcing of interpreting services, risks dragging us back to the bad old days of miscarriages of justice.
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OpinionSitting in judgement
The chairman of new press regulator Ipso will be rated on his ability to determine the public interest.
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OpinionGiving victims a fair hearing
The Rotherham grooming scandal bolsters the case for more witness support, says Mark Castle.
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Legal aid cost myths
Amount spent on legal aid across Europe cannot be compared like for like, because our system is different.
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Grayling: abdication of responsibility
The lord chancellor deserves censure for his failure to make a decision on how the discount rate should be set under the Damages Act 1996.
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OpinionThe will to compete
Lawyers’ anger over accountants moving into probate work must be countered by a desire to fight the competition.
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OpinionGrayling doesn’t need to be a lawyer
Whether or not he has the right credentials, Grayling’s education shouldn’t preclude him from lord chancellor role.
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OpinionMedia lose marbles over Amal
Barrister Amal Alamuddin continues to make the wrong sort of headlines.
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OpinionRTA claims: what’s going on
A rise in traffic accident damages may disguise a worrying trend in settlements.
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OpinionShakespeare and lawyers
We should stop obsessing over one of the playwright’s most famous lines. It was just a joke.
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OpinionWet signature's long goodbye
The government takes a modest step towards electronic identity verification.
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SRA roll play
My name was, without notice, removed from the roll and then, six months later, without prior notice, restored to the roll.
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Unendurable online misery
I spent an inordinate amount of time on the SRA’s painfully slow website.
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OpinionLawyers lead from the front
Lawyers can spearhead a serious debate about the future of our constitution.
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